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in syria, elite troops, along with tanks, battled to dislodge rebels from a key southern suburb of damascus. the area is within firing distance of major government sites in the capital. amateur video also showed the aftermath of what appeared to be air strikes in the northeastern suburb of douma. the attacks toppled buildings and sent civilians fleeing. celebrations began today as the new year, 2013, dawned around the globe. we have a report from richard pallot of independent television news. . >> here we go! >> reporter: a perfect summer's night ushering in 2013 in sydney. 7 tons of fireworks lighting up the famous harbor, the world's biggest and most expensive. >> an emotional commentary accompanied the scene in the north korea capitol pyongyang, reportedly the first ever fireworks display in this secretive country. >> in shanghai in china they sang an alternative version of auld lang syne. >> and in hong kong a more familiar one. ♪ auld lang syne ♪. >> a sum >> holman: a somber mood prevailed across india on new year's eve, as the country mourned the victim of a gang rape. celebratio
in syria, elite troops, along with tanks, battled to dislodge rebels from a key southern suburb of damascus. the area is within firing distance of major government sites in the capital. amateur video also showed the aftermath of what appeared to be air strikes in the northeastern suburb of douma. the attacks toppled buildings and sent civilians fleeing. celebrations began today as the new year, 2013, dawned around the globe. we have a report from richard pallot of independent television news. ....
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the issue is in countries like syria. the money is much smaller, and the checks and balances that what is the media or the democratic process, and other civil society associations and power centers is absent, completely absent. so even though the pot is smaller, divided in an even much more an equitable way, leading to resentment that will push people to the streets as opposed to the more sort of, you know, democratic countries where these things happen but there is a threshold, economic, and some democrat mechanism kicks in at a certain point, so it's important to not think that these willfully occur and the federal. >> so professor haddad, what about the globalization of the syrian economy? if a marriott wants to open in damascus or something like this, is there, is it just purely private? or is there a state role? >> it's actually been quite close into the 1980s. after the 1990s, early 1990s you begin to see the centers open up. the issue with places like syria is that you can open up such centers and there are in exis
the issue is in countries like syria. the money is much smaller, and the checks and balances that what is the media or the democratic process, and other civil society associations and power centers is absent, completely absent. so even though the pot is smaller, divided in an even much more an equitable way, leading to resentment that will push people to the streets as opposed to the more sort of, you know, democratic countries where these things happen but there is a threshold, economic, and...
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we cannot stay in syria. the war airplanes float in the sky and bombing the houses, we cannot stay in syria. >> the turkish mainland is not far behind me. it's not far away but the journey is very dangerous. the boats supplied by people smugglers are often old and in bad condition, and at this time be year the seas could be very rough. not everyone makes it across. these were afghanis. more than 20 drowned. here is the only survivor, who was fished half-dead and freezing cold out of the sea by greek coast guards. now trying to call friends and family to tell them he's alive. but there is no answer. he's receiving counseling, but he seems very confused about what to do next. meanwhile, more and more syrians are arriving in agent tens, like adil, who knows almost nobody in this city and speaks no greek. he says he ran away from the government army. >> every day, like yesterday and tomorrow, all i do is wake, sleep, and speak on the internet with my close friends just in case i hear some news on the fall of assa
we cannot stay in syria. the war airplanes float in the sky and bombing the houses, we cannot stay in syria. >> the turkish mainland is not far behind me. it's not far away but the journey is very dangerous. the boats supplied by people smugglers are often old and in bad condition, and at this time be year the seas could be very rough. not everyone makes it across. these were afghanis. more than 20 drowned. here is the only survivor, who was fished half-dead and freezing cold out of the...
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and be an ethnic and confessional sic their income position of syria is so complex that if. the chaos is established there it was very great all over the region but coming back to the present situation if people who say no negotiations with us that if they believe that. he's departure in whatever form is number one priority then they must understand that for this geopolitical goal of theirs they would have to pay the price but the price in the lives of the serious of the syrian civilians nato the claimant of patrick miss out on turkish syrian border is that part of solution and why they really targeted that we recognize the right for turkey to think about its own security and their right to use for this purpose the international arrangements which turkey has in that particular case nato membership . and we accepted this as a given. on the other hand the more military to be or you accumulate in one place. the more risk you have that this had to or one day would be used. as for the. purpose of this deployment yes i read here that some experts believe that if it is intended to
and be an ethnic and confessional sic their income position of syria is so complex that if. the chaos is established there it was very great all over the region but coming back to the present situation if people who say no negotiations with us that if they believe that. he's departure in whatever form is number one priority then they must understand that for this geopolitical goal of theirs they would have to pay the price but the price in the lives of the serious of the syrian civilians nato...
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securing their safety had become difficult because of the civil war in syria. defense ministry officials say the remaining 14 members will wrap up their mission by mid-january. >>> japan first sent sdf personnel to the golan heights in 1996 as part of a united nations mission to monitor the cease-fire between syria and israel. members have been transporting supplies and providing logistic support. >>> a truck rammed into a bus in pakistan on sunday. police suspect it was an act of sec say sectarian violence. the bus burst into flames, killing at least 19 people. 25 people were hurt and are being treated in the hospital. police say the truck was loaded with explosives. witnesses say its driver appeared to have targeted the bus. shiite muslims were headed to a pilgrimage. new york human base watch says attacks on minority shias are on the rise in pakistan. more than 300 shias have been killed in 2012. >>> venezuelan president chavez has suffered more complications from cancer surgery. the country's vice president suggested the situation does not allow for optimis
securing their safety had become difficult because of the civil war in syria. defense ministry officials say the remaining 14 members will wrap up their mission by mid-january. >>> japan first sent sdf personnel to the golan heights in 1996 as part of a united nations mission to monitor the cease-fire between syria and israel. members have been transporting supplies and providing logistic support. >>> a truck rammed into a bus in pakistan on sunday. police suspect it was an...
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saying with syria now as our reporters who were on the ground throughout the year recalled the events that shaped the country in two thousand and twelve. it became very apparent after a massive regional arab spring and in the wake of that the next type of a pro-democracy movement and a revolution or civil war was out of what was happening in syria when you see some politicians that are in the media focusing just compared them to assad cracking down on his people you think but what about the other guy on top of the politics and diplomacy there are facts that are simply too important to ignore. i remember i was a training session of the syrian football team and the coach was very angry with how his players were practice and he was shouting he was swearing from time to time and then i move my head like this just like this and i saw two helicopters flying at the very low altitude and firing we were each out of the hotel restaurant close to us there was a group for rich syrians playing cards from smoke and living life as usual and just the news before that as me and my colleagues were live
saying with syria now as our reporters who were on the ground throughout the year recalled the events that shaped the country in two thousand and twelve. it became very apparent after a massive regional arab spring and in the wake of that the next type of a pro-democracy movement and a revolution or civil war was out of what was happening in syria when you see some politicians that are in the media focusing just compared them to assad cracking down on his people you think but what about the...
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>> that was scary. >> welcome to syria. >> a farmer goes hungry so his children can eat. they only get one soon, so each must wait his turn. -- one spoon, so each must wait his turn. >> for the spiders, the liberation has always been their ultimate goal. -- these fighters, the liberation has always been their ultimate goal. >> week meet members of the country's newest rebel army, known as -- we meet members of the country's newest rebel army, known as m23. this is their main base, about 5 kilometers away. >> some of the most isolated communities and tributaries provide the most surprises. the population of the village is 208. we're reminded that environmental decisions made today can impact the next generation. >> we did find some significant [inaudible] >> ♪ ["gangnam style" playing] ♪ >> these kinds of protests show how the greek government is under pressure, but the government can also use the demonstrations by showing partners in europe there is a risk of social explosion in greece. >> you can still hear the gunfire being fired over the heads of the protesters, as
>> that was scary. >> welcome to syria. >> a farmer goes hungry so his children can eat. they only get one soon, so each must wait his turn. -- one spoon, so each must wait his turn. >> for the spiders, the liberation has always been their ultimate goal. -- these fighters, the liberation has always been their ultimate goal. >> week meet members of the country's newest rebel army, known as -- we meet members of the country's newest rebel army, known as m23. this is...
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mercenaries in syria and the fact that russia and china and iran stood firm on. the entire time table that nato at the at in mind to run this stabilization. and now the entire arab spring scenario is. it's not disintegrating it's becoming a nightmare one that spread to western allies in the region like bahrain for mass protest arrest and even death haven't provoked much global media coverage or any push for democracy. instead provocations like the film the innocence of a muslim made headlines and incited outrage across the arab world funded in the u.s. and considered highly offensive to islam the movie didn't go over well in states now run by islamist after post revolution polls in egypt and tunisia. u.s. embassies were left in shambles us blacks burned and freedom of speech was back on the debate or tonight the film was banned in some countries like russia and defended by others like the states as a protective device of expression a right not awarded to whistleblowers like julian a song who had a busy year and here he was granted political asylum by ecuador afte
mercenaries in syria and the fact that russia and china and iran stood firm on. the entire time table that nato at the at in mind to run this stabilization. and now the entire arab spring scenario is. it's not disintegrating it's becoming a nightmare one that spread to western allies in the region like bahrain for mass protest arrest and even death haven't provoked much global media coverage or any push for democracy. instead provocations like the film the innocence of a muslim made headlines...
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i made in syria and i have to revisit him basically. everything from civil war to sectarian fighting to terrorism to genocide syria stay the center of a media war through out twenty twelve with unconfirmed atrocities on both sides haunting the web and only one side taking the brunt of the blame for assad is crazy he's a brutal dictator reese killing his own people this is the same narrative that we heard about gadhafi. but we didn't hear much about libya in two thousand and twelve on most networks or from western officials not until the aftermath of regime change there and the terror that ensued went too far u.s. ambassador and embassy staff were killed in benghazi in september the most significant event two thousand and twelve is the failure of nato to follow up on its on its libya momentum to create a forced regime change through proxy. mercenaries in syria and the fact that russia and china and iran stood firm on. the entire time table that nato at that in mind iran this destabilization. and now the entire arab spring scenario is. it
i made in syria and i have to revisit him basically. everything from civil war to sectarian fighting to terrorism to genocide syria stay the center of a media war through out twenty twelve with unconfirmed atrocities on both sides haunting the web and only one side taking the brunt of the blame for assad is crazy he's a brutal dictator reese killing his own people this is the same narrative that we heard about gadhafi. but we didn't hear much about libya in two thousand and twelve on most...
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to affect american relations with russia regarding afghanistan regarding missile defense regarding syria regarding iran these are very serious matters but obama has continued the policy toward moscow begun by president clinton a democrat and continued by president bush a republican that policy is advancing nato toward russia's borders building missile defense on russia's borders interfering in russia's interest politics most recently the street demonstrations this is the same policy with began twenty years ago with the soviet union. iran's rolling out the big guns in the persian gulf tehran undertakes massive maybe drills in the strategic strait of hormuz to show the world what it's got if trouble comes as we report after the short break. government represents the. people who are going to take the trip. but. the way our economic system. the democrats. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you. are welcome to the big picture. and you are with hearty welcome
to affect american relations with russia regarding afghanistan regarding missile defense regarding syria regarding iran these are very serious matters but obama has continued the policy toward moscow begun by president clinton a democrat and continued by president bush a republican that policy is advancing nato toward russia's borders building missile defense on russia's borders interfering in russia's interest politics most recently the street demonstrations this is the same policy with began...
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to affect american relations with russia regarding afghanistan regarding missile defense regarding syria regarding iran these are very serious matters obama has continued the policy toward moscow begun by president clinton a democrat and continued by president bush a republican that policy is advancing nato toward russia's borders building missile defense on russia's borders interfering in russia's internal politics most recently the street demonstrations this is the same policy that began twenty years ago with the soviet union. iran's a rolling out the big guns in the persian gulf. tehran undertakes massive navy drills in the strategic strait of hormuz to show the world what it's got if trouble comes a call and as we report after the short break. a ritual and tickets in imperial russia. the tradition of staging bowls is being revived in our time. but these parties will. sub. i demand satisfaction. and recapping the week's top stories for a final time in two thousand and twelve this is r t live from moscow glad to have you with us egypt's president morsi has made in attempts to ease poli
to affect american relations with russia regarding afghanistan regarding missile defense regarding syria regarding iran these are very serious matters obama has continued the policy toward moscow begun by president clinton a democrat and continued by president bush a republican that policy is advancing nato toward russia's borders building missile defense on russia's borders interfering in russia's internal politics most recently the street demonstrations this is the same policy that began...
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diplomacy succeeds in syria ending bloody conflict. instead this was the image of syria the world saw increasingly violent clashes between government forces and the opposition had claimed more than forty thousand lives efforts to negotiate a diplomatic solution fell flat because divisions ripped apart both the country and the international community hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled to neighboring states where many have found conditions to be dismal meanwhile syria's war is threatening to spill over its borders as tensions escalate within and in the region. of told me to try and sanction slashed. to accept. u.s. rules to restrict foreign. mideast peace with israel links to stage with palestine . yet this was their reality israel's assault on palestinian militants in gaza israel's anti-missile shield repelled in most attacks on its territory but its strike claimed the lives of more than one hundred sixty palestinians many of them civilians despite harm. condemnation from many in the international community the war and israel's
diplomacy succeeds in syria ending bloody conflict. instead this was the image of syria the world saw increasingly violent clashes between government forces and the opposition had claimed more than forty thousand lives efforts to negotiate a diplomatic solution fell flat because divisions ripped apart both the country and the international community hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled to neighboring states where many have found conditions to be dismal meanwhile syria's war is...
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syria is in terrible trouble. it's all around. here at home even, interfaith efforts have been cancelled because people couldn't agree about what to do about israel and palestine. what do you see in the middle east? do we have a moral obligation to intervene, for instance, in syria? >> well, that's something that really surprised me. i think we were all so focused on the election last year and of course a lot of the candidates didn't want to bring it up because really tricky, difficult, difficult issues but i've been surprised by the lack of moral debate about this issue, not that i'm advocating that we intervene but i'm surprised that we, i haven't heard a debate about it. we saw in libya people saying, but just it's humanitarian intervention. there are people being slaughtered and children and dying and we have to do something to prevent genocide or to prevent all of these civilian deaths. it's happening in syria. we haven't had that same kind of a public conversation. that surprised me. and certainly, you know, egypt is messy a
syria is in terrible trouble. it's all around. here at home even, interfaith efforts have been cancelled because people couldn't agree about what to do about israel and palestine. what do you see in the middle east? do we have a moral obligation to intervene, for instance, in syria? >> well, that's something that really surprised me. i think we were all so focused on the election last year and of course a lot of the candidates didn't want to bring it up because really tricky, difficult,...
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syria the only possibility would be that the opposition. in a syrian way this sides not to listen to the saudis the turks. the americans the brits and the french and they sit down with the assad government and they work out a transitional government or at least a transitional period leading to free and fair elections is this going to happen not like thanks for being with us great to see you. thank you happy new year have think. what i've been here for all of you guys bye bye to you are the fireworks it was a couple of hours. long off you know talking about syria briefly and you mentioned lucky me of course the u.n. and boy in this unit when he was first given the job in the title to try and resolve this whole crisis even he said i don't think i can come out successful on this i don't think i can help eventually because you know she's in table it's a story that goes on and it's a story to also you see parallels with libya as well and we all know what happened to gadhafi as well and as you said kevin that when sophie shevardnadze interviewed
syria the only possibility would be that the opposition. in a syrian way this sides not to listen to the saudis the turks. the americans the brits and the french and they sit down with the assad government and they work out a transitional government or at least a transitional period leading to free and fair elections is this going to happen not like thanks for being with us great to see you. thank you happy new year have think. what i've been here for all of you guys bye bye to you are the...
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. >> no happy new year in syria. the situation is as great as ever. the bodies of 30 people found with signs of torture in a suburb of damascus. the international peace negotiator of syria urged to push for peace talks between the government and rebels. the country could become a failed state ruled by warlords. in iraq, a wave of attacks killed nearly 23 people and injured more than 80 as a car bomb in a central baghdad neighborhood killed five and wounded 25. seven people were killed and houses. explosions took place in two other cities. but egyptian president has played down the slide in the value of the egyptian pound to a record low. those comments come as central banks launched a new system of the foreign-exchange options to local banks to try to control the value of the egyptian pound. the u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, is being treated for a blood clot in a vain between her brain and skull. doctors caring for say she should make a full recovery. earlier this month, the veteran politician suffered a concussion after fainting and falli
. >> no happy new year in syria. the situation is as great as ever. the bodies of 30 people found with signs of torture in a suburb of damascus. the international peace negotiator of syria urged to push for peace talks between the government and rebels. the country could become a failed state ruled by warlords. in iraq, a wave of attacks killed nearly 23 people and injured more than 80 as a car bomb in a central baghdad neighborhood killed five and wounded 25. seven people were killed and...
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. >> syria -- how did the united states, the government, the administration handles syria? appropriately, and appropriately, enough, not enough? >> the good thing about afghanistan and iraq wars is that key wheat -- they are keeping us out of syria. we are war-wary. then a serious is a disaster. it is a country with a huge stockpile of chemical weapons. we have allowed the saudis and the qatari to arm the rebels, and they are people who are on the islamists, so the islamists now have the upper hand among the rebels. the west did not do anything comparable with the non-islamic opposition. we are looking at possible country that would divide into three or four, like yugoslavia, or could become 80 hottest -- and syria is a serious country. it is not libya, not afghanistan, and i think we will regret having had no influence on the outcome. >> the fact is that there are opponents of that regime that we would not be associated with either. that is the difficulty there. >> at what point do we say, "that is enough?" we have a military service that is at the breaking point. deployme
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where and i don't surprise the shelf anybody and like in the case of iraq all this harm was done to syria with the substantial help of the outsiders on the guise of democratic and trying to say. well there's barely half an hour left of twenty twelve here in western russia and we have plenty more to bring you before midnight of course we certainly have but will catch up with rory sushi who's russell together some of the stories that have raised either a small or so my bros a bit later that's pretty big what he's got and very funny and stand by of course for race the royals a microphone booby trap and a whole lot more after a short break we'll see you soon. we speak your language as i think about the role or not i. will use programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you. but will turn it into angles stories. you hear. the spanish find out more visit. let me let me respond or not let me ask you a question. here.
where and i don't surprise the shelf anybody and like in the case of iraq all this harm was done to syria with the substantial help of the outsiders on the guise of democratic and trying to say. well there's barely half an hour left of twenty twelve here in western russia and we have plenty more to bring you before midnight of course we certainly have but will catch up with rory sushi who's russell together some of the stories that have raised either a small or so my bros a bit later that's...
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of course, a lot of the syrian civilians who have been living here the past 18 months would say syria is very much already akin to hell." trace? >>trace: indeed, they would. a newly released senate report blames the state department for failing to respond to security threats in benghazi before the attack that killed four americans. the senate homeland security committee cited a senior state department official who said that previous security-related incidents were triggered "flashing red indicators." but despite warnings no one moved to protect the consulate or shut it down. we are seeing one of the first public threats against u.s. diplomats since the attack. according to the u.s.-based cite intelligence group, militants in arabian peninsula have offered 160,000 worth of gold to anyone who kills this american ambassador. they are also offering $23,000 for killing a u.s. soldier. remember, intelligence analysts have called this branch of al qaeda the most dangerous terror group in the world. now we have former israeli special forces operator and a counterterrorism consultant and manag
of course, a lot of the syrian civilians who have been living here the past 18 months would say syria is very much already akin to hell." trace? >>trace: indeed, they would. a newly released senate report blames the state department for failing to respond to security threats in benghazi before the attack that killed four americans. the senate homeland security committee cited a senior state department official who said that previous security-related incidents were triggered...
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drone program there but i think probably you know my realm is foreign policy and i think unfortunately syria has been the headliner in two thousand and twelve it's been getting much much worse and you know impending doom all the way a lot along one thing that was probably beneficial is that i think this year iran was a lot less. on the front burner is than last year last year was was a lot more teetering on the edge of possible war and this sure sort of calmed down so that was at least good well we have next year also here we'll how about you was at the presidential campaign in the united states because you did some good stuff with it oh it had been it just sucked all the decision out of every news channel in newspaper and it was from february until november and well i will caucus is i think we're january second or third so right from the beginning of the year until november seventh the heavy heavy and romney fortunately was he just provided so much material at every juncture he kept you really busy cheering the year analyser what's the mood in europe as this is the year and so ok because we
drone program there but i think probably you know my realm is foreign policy and i think unfortunately syria has been the headliner in two thousand and twelve it's been getting much much worse and you know impending doom all the way a lot along one thing that was probably beneficial is that i think this year iran was a lot less. on the front burner is than last year last year was was a lot more teetering on the edge of possible war and this sure sort of calmed down so that was at least good...
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. >> international peace negotiations in syria urging the international community to push the government and rebels into talks. without talks, they want the country could become a failed state ruled by warlords for the -- warlords. tortured and disfigured bodies have been discovered north of damascus. at least 10 people killed and 40 others wounded, seven people were killed from the same family. bombs also incur code. a short time ago as spoke to bbc but said the attacks come at a difficult time politically for iraq. >> clearly, the most at that stands out the most is the one you mentioned south of baghdad where apparently, and normal, ordinary home was blown up and seven people were killed inside. but the other attacks have been more or less standard, attacks on security forces and shiites -- shia religious processions. security forces were trying to dismantle a rocket that was to be launched in the direction of an air base. a bomb went off right next to them and one was or two were killed, and four were wounded. a few other attacks took place in the east and the south. >> this comes at
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. >> in other news from syria, reports have emerged that the young syrian filmmaker was killed on monday in the city of hams. he appeared on the show in december. at the time be as that we only use his first bid for security reasons. >> what i saw in the last week, it is starting to turn into almost a civil war. they are enforcing the locals to form an armed resistance to the regime forces. >> for more we go to charles glass, award winning broadcaster. he returned from syria last month. >> these massacres are a clear indication of how urgent it is to find -- to force both sides in the conflict, the opposition and regime, to negotiate a settlement, which would ultimately mean a change in regime, but certainly a transition period in an absence of that, you have the russian army government, the saudis, the guitarist, the that states, turkey, farming the opposition, which will only inflame the civil war. more massacres will then take place. >> we continue with our look back at 2012. to get a copy of today's show, go to our website, democracynow.org. >> "at last" by the legendary blues singer
. >> in other news from syria, reports have emerged that the young syrian filmmaker was killed on monday in the city of hams. he appeared on the show in december. at the time be as that we only use his first bid for security reasons. >> what i saw in the last week, it is starting to turn into almost a civil war. they are enforcing the locals to form an armed resistance to the regime forces. >> for more we go to charles glass, award winning broadcaster. he returned from syria...
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gregg: the on joy to -- envoy to syria is giving a stark warning on the crisis in that country. speaking in cairo he said syria could become another somalia if a solution there is not found and found soon. new violence is reported from aleppo to the north and dara to the south. leland vittert is reporting from our jerusalem bureau. leland? >> reporter: no solution on the horizon the violence inside syria is getting considerably worse. we're moving from what was an insurgency civil war to something almost a conventional civil war in its form of two sides moving against each other. the rebel frnt lines are starting to close in especially on damascus there and president assad's power base. we're being told that the rebel firing has actually closed the air board in damascus. the rebels gained some strategic high ground so they can fire down into some of assad's strongholds into damascus. it may be now or never for president assad to husband his heavy tanks and artillery and air power to hit rebel positions to push them back or if the rebels will march all the way there intoward his
gregg: the on joy to -- envoy to syria is giving a stark warning on the crisis in that country. speaking in cairo he said syria could become another somalia if a solution there is not found and found soon. new violence is reported from aleppo to the north and dara to the south. leland vittert is reporting from our jerusalem bureau. leland? >> reporter: no solution on the horizon the violence inside syria is getting considerably worse. we're moving from what was an insurgency civil war to...
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in syria, elite troops, along with tanks, battled to dislodge rebels from a key southern suburb of damascus. the area is within firing distance of major government sites in the capital. amateur video also showed the aftermath of what appeared to be air strikes in the northeastern suburb of douma. the attacks toppled buildings and sent civilians fleeing. celebrations began today as the new year, 2013, dawned around the globe. we have a report from richard pallot of independent television news. . >> here we go! >> reporter: a perfect summer's night ushering in 2013 in sydney. 7 tons of fireworks lighting up the famous harbor the world's biggest and most expensive. >> an emotional commentary accompanied the scene in the north korea capitol pyongyang, reportedly the first ever fireworks display in this secretive country. >> in shanghai in china they sang an alternative version of auld lang syne. >> and in hong kong a more familiar one. ♪ auld lang syne ♪ ♪. >> a sum >> holman: a somber mood prevailed across india on new year's eve, as the country mourned the victim of a gang rape. celebra
in syria, elite troops, along with tanks, battled to dislodge rebels from a key southern suburb of damascus. the area is within firing distance of major government sites in the capital. amateur video also showed the aftermath of what appeared to be air strikes in the northeastern suburb of douma. the attacks toppled buildings and sent civilians fleeing. celebrations began today as the new year, 2013, dawned around the globe. we have a report from richard pallot of independent television news. ....
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syria are together as one. >> very concerned. very concerned. >> they're demanding -- >> hamas blesses the attack. they attack more places in gaza overnight. >>> just after 2:00 a.m. there was this massive blast outside the hotel that blew in the windows of my room. >>> u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens and three other americans on his staff were killed last night as protesters stormed the american consulate in benghazi, libya. >> what do we know about the people behind the attack in ben ga zazzi. >> they're driven by a belief that they're in a war with the american people. >>> why did an american soldier walk into an afghan village and kill 16 civilians. >> they will not stop me. i will getmy education, if it is in homes, schools, or anyplace. >>> the s.e.a.l. who calls himself mark owen describes it. >> so after osama bin laden is wounded, he's still moving, you shot him twice? >> three or four times. >> when somebody talks about the particulars of how those operations are conducted, it tells our enemies essentially how we
syria are together as one. >> very concerned. very concerned. >> they're demanding -- >> hamas blesses the attack. they attack more places in gaza overnight. >>> just after 2:00 a.m. there was this massive blast outside the hotel that blew in the windows of my room. >>> u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens and three other americans on his staff were killed last night as protesters stormed the american consulate in benghazi, libya. >> what do we know...
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. >> no one wants to see a civil war in syria. >> she's saying that all of the people in syria are together as one. >> we remain very concerned, very concerned. >> they're demanding -- >> hamas blesses the attack. israeli forces attacked more targets in gaza overnight. >> just after 2:00 a.m. there was this massive blast outside the hotel that blew in the windows of my room. >> u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens and three other americans on his staff were killed last night as protesters stormed the american consulate in benghazi, libya. >> what do we know about the people behind the attack in benghazi? >> they're driven by a belief that the united states is engaged in a war with islam. >> why did an american army sergeant walk into an afghan village and kill 16 civilians? >> the pakistani taliban says it's not done with the 14-year-old girl that it tried to kill. >> they will not stop me. i will get my education, if it is in homes, schools, or anyplace. >>> the s.e.a.l. who calls himself mark owen describes approaching bin laden's room after they had killed his son, khalid. >> so after
. >> no one wants to see a civil war in syria. >> she's saying that all of the people in syria are together as one. >> we remain very concerned, very concerned. >> they're demanding -- >> hamas blesses the attack. israeli forces attacked more targets in gaza overnight. >> just after 2:00 a.m. there was this massive blast outside the hotel that blew in the windows of my room. >> u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens and three other americans on his...
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hezbollah receives weapons, training, money, and support from iran and syria. hezbollah has left its bloody fingerprints around the world in the last 30 years. his lolba has -- hezbollah has been implicated in aing ta -- attacks against europeans, israelis and americans. the bombing in beirut that killed 6 people, the 1983 bombing of u.s. and french barracks killing 241 american servicemen and 58 french soldiers. the 1988 bombing in buenos aires that killed 24 people. the 1994 bombing in the jewish community cent for the 1994, killing 85 people. the suicide bombing on july 18, 2012, that killed five israeli tourists in a bulgarian -- and a bulgarian driver in the town of bul -- in the town of burgas, bulgaria. they have created violence and instability in lebanon and it has launched thousands of rockets and missiles at israel from within lebanon. hezbollah is a force against the syrian people. s if long past time for the e.u. and other and its members to join the u.s. and others in condemning hezbollah. i would like the e.u. as resip yevents of the noble peace
hezbollah receives weapons, training, money, and support from iran and syria. hezbollah has left its bloody fingerprints around the world in the last 30 years. his lolba has -- hezbollah has been implicated in aing ta -- attacks against europeans, israelis and americans. the bombing in beirut that killed 6 people, the 1983 bombing of u.s. and french barracks killing 241 american servicemen and 58 french soldiers. the 1988 bombing in buenos aires that killed 24 people. the 1994 bombing in the...